ANDY WILLIAMS - CANADIAN SUNSET

CANADIAN SUNSET

ANDY WILLIAMS

SONGWRITERS: EDDIE HEYWOOD & NORMAN GIMBEL

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: CANADIAN SUNSET

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: JAZZ

YEAR: 1965

"Canadian Sunset" is a popular song with music by jazz pianist Eddie Heywood and lyrics by Norman Gimbel. Na instrumental version by Heywood and Hugo Winterhalter reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 7 on the R&B chart in 1956. A version sung by Andy Williams was also popular that year, reaching No. 7 on the Billboard chart. The Sounds Orchestral, conducted by Johnny Pearson, hit the Easy Listening chart reaching No. 14 and the Billboard Hot 100 in 1965 reaching No. 76.

Howard Andrew Williams (December 3, 1927 – September 25, 2012) was an American singer. He recorded 43 albums in his career, of which 15 have been gold-certified and three platinum-certified. He was also nominated for six Grammy Awards. He hosted The Andy Williams Show, a television variety show, from 1962 to 1971, and numerous TV specials. The Andy Williams Showwon three Emmy awards. The Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri is named after the song for which he is best known—Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini's "Moon River". He sold more than 100 million records worldwide, including more than 10 million certified units in the United States.

Williams was active in the music industry for 74 years.

Once I was alone

So lonely and then

You came, out of nowhere

Like the sun up from the hills

Cold, cold was the wind

Warm, warm were your lips

Out there, on that ski trail

Where your kiss filled me with thrills

A weekend in Canada, a change of scene

Was the most I bargained for

And then I discovered you and in your eyes

I found the love that I couldn't ignore

Down, down came the sun

Fast, fast, fast, beat my heart

I knew when the sun set

From that day, we'd never ever part.